GlenglassaughRevival(700mL)

<p>A story of rebirth and renewal. </p><p>Glenglassaugh Distillery was built in 1875 on <em>Sandend Bay</em>, about 60 miles east of Inverness. For more than a century this rustic distillery produced a single malt that was 100% absorbed into blends, including Cutty Sark, The Famous Grouse, and Laing’s. But by 1986 larger and more modern facilities outstripped it and the owners <em>mothballed</em> the whole place. But in 2008 the Scaent Group bought the site, released older casks in storage to great reviews, and then refurbished everything to return to a broad range of <em>single malt </em>production. Brown-Forman owns them today.</p><p>Glenglassaugh Revival is the <em>first release </em>of new single malt spirit since the stills were turned back on — and a good one it is. Notably, it’s aged in a mix of <em>ex-Wine and ex-Bourbon casks</em>. Those casks are vatted and then re-casked in Sherry butts. This combination yields a warm copper-gold appearance. It also makes the flavor stand out with <em>plum & berry notes</em> from the Wine casks and rich nuts, toffee, and chocolate notes from the Sherry casks. Any way you slice it, Glenglassaugh Revival is a really solid Highland single malt …reborn.</p><p><u>Smartass Corner:</u><em>In 2010, noted Whisky writer Ian Buxton wrote a book about the revitalization of Glenglassaugh Distillery titled, “Glenglassaugh: A Distillery Reborn.”</em></p>